Client Case Study:

The Center for Internet Security CIS® (Center for Internet Security, Inc.) is a forward-thinking, non-profit entity that harnesses the power of a global IT community to safeguard private and public organizations against cyber threats.

The CIS Controls™ and CIS Benchmarks™ are the global standard and recognized best practices for securing IT systems and data against the most pervasive attacks. These proven guidelines are continuously refined and verified by a volunteer, global community of experienced IT professionals.

CIS Hardened Images are virtual machine emulations preconfigured to provide secure, on-demand, and scalable computing environments in the cloud.

CIS is home to both the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®), the go-to resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial government entities, and the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center™ (EI-ISAC™), which supports the cybersecurity needs of U.S. State, Local and Territorial elections offices.

[aUseful.com] have been active members of the Center for Internet Security Community for over 10 years, contributing to several different Benchmark projects (including Cisco IOS and Microsoft Windows 2000/2003) and undertaking Professional Services engagements such as Beta Testing for the original release of the CIS-CAT Configuration Analysis Tool and the Windows 2003 Benchmarks.

Our lead consultant, Martin White, wrote the first release of the CIS Juniper JUNOS Security Configuration Benchmark and oversaw the CIS Community Consensus Process before the Benchmark was released in 2010, as well as serving as Editor for the Juniper Community for several years.

Martin is currently working with the CIS Juniper Community on a major overhaul of the JUNOS Benchmark - reviewing all recommendations against current best practice and new features as well as expanding device support across Juniper M, MX, T, PTX, EX, QFX, SRX and other platforms.

Version 1.0.1 of the CIS Juniper JUNOS Security Configuration Benchmark

Juniper JUNOS is a widely deployed Network Operating System, with around 38% of the Core Internet Routing market (2004) and 17% of Ethernet Switches running JUNOS. [aUseful.com] lead consultant Martin White was author of the CIS Juniper JUNOS Security Configuration Benchmark, published in 2010.

View “CIS - What we believe” video on the CIS YouTube Channel, along with videos covering the CIS Controls, CIS Benchmarks and CIS Security Tools in detail as well as discussing using these resources as part of a GDPR Compliance Programme or to improve your organization’s security posture.

Juniper MX Series Routers

The current CIS Juniper JUNOS Configuration Benchmark focuses on Juniper M, MX and T Series routers - the new update will expand more complete support for SRX, EX, QFX and other platforms.

Changes to JUNOS features and external standards, such as NIST and FIPS Cryptography Standards, will also be covered in the Benchmark update.